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Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
May
2025
Feb.
2026
Mar.
2026
Apr.
2026
May
2026(p)
Change from:
Apr. 2026 -
May 2026(p)
May
2025
Feb.
2026
Mar.
2026
Apr.
2026
May
2026(p)
Change from:
Apr. 2026 -
May 2026(p)

Total

331 263 333 328 328 0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

254 193 269 274 272 -2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

1 1 2 1 1 0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Construction

16 6 15 21 20 -1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Manufacturing

24 20 17 16 19 3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

17 12 10 11 12 1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Nondurable goods

7 8 7 6 7 1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

42 50 68 72 54 -18 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Wholesale trade

6 4 11 8 11 3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Retail trade

20 31 46 45 29 -16 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

16 15 11 19 14 -5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Information

10 1 4 1 9 8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2

Financial activities

20 30 23 34 29 -5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.1

Finance and insurance

15 20 20 31 23 -8 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 -0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

5 11 3 3 6 3 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Professional and business services

66 15 58 60 53 -7 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Private education and health services

22 42 36 30 46 16 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Private educational services

5 10 12 6 6 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0

Health care and social assistance

16 32 24 24 40 16 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

48 19 22 32 22 -10 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 3 8 3 3 0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0

Accommodation and food services

45 16 14 29 19 -10 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Other services

4 8 23 7 18 11 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2

Government

76 70 64 55 57 2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Federal

20 14 12 12 10 -2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local

56 56 52 43 47 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local education

26 27 20 14 21 7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

State and local, excluding education

31 29 32 29 26 -3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

39 53 68 75 62 -13 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

South

147 90 132 114 104 -10 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

60 47 46 59 74 15 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

84 72 87 80 88 8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: June 30, 2026